Radford, Nottingham

History

St Peter's Church, Radford was given by William Peveril to Lenton Priory. The church was rebuilt in 1812 at a cost of £2,000. A Wesleyan chapel was built in 1805 and enlarged in 1828. In September 1878 a chapel was built on St Peter's Street by the United Methodist Free Churches at a cost of £1,900. It was closed owing to declining membership and income in June 1947 and purchased by the Evangelical Free Church.

Bentinck Road School opened on 19 November 1880, and was formerly called the Alfreton Road Board School.

Radford Registration District (RD) was created on 1 July 1837 on the introduction of Statutory Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths (BMD) – and was abolished, and absorbed into Nottingham RD, on 1 July 1880.

In 1891 the parish had a population of 38,718. On 1 April 1897 the parish was abolished and merged with Nottingham.

Background

The area has a large ethnic minority population (mainly European, West Indian, African, Arab, Asian, South American, Polish and increasingly Kurdish), and accordingly there are a large number of specialist food and retail shops catering to specific cultures, owing to the relatively cheap nature of housing in the area (and the large number of old Victorian properties converted into flats and bedsits).

In 2021 residents reported that the crime rate was high, although Amy English, neighbourhood policing inspector for the Radford area, said "As a result of this work we have seen a reduction in recorded crime, including robbery and burglary, in the Radford and Park neighbourhood."

Radford has a large student population, most of whom attend the nearby Nottingham Trent University and University of Nottingham.

Industry

Radford was the home of

• Raleigh Industries, once the world's largest bicycle producer
• Player's cigarettes, with a range of buildings housing factories, offices and warehouses
• Manlove, Alliott & Co. Ltd., inventors of incinerators for waste disposal.

Culture

Radford provides the backdrop for much of Alan Sillitoe's book 1958 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Numerous scenes from the 1960 film of the book which starred Albert Finney, playing Raleigh worker Arthur Seaton, were shot in Radford. In 2009 a 1982 recording of Finney, talking about the making of the film, was released on DVD.

2023 Nottingham attacks

Main article: 2023 Nottingham attacks

At 4:00 am on 13 June 2023, two 19-year-olds were found stabbed to death in Ilkeston Road. The victims were first-year students at the University of Nottingham. The suspect is a 31-year-old dual Guinea-Bissau/Portuguese national. He has settled status through his Portuguese citizenship and was previously a student at the University of Nottingham in 2022. At about 5:30 am, Nottinghamshire Police tasered the man outside a convenience store in Bentinck Road, Forest Fields and arrested him on suspicion of murder. He had no criminal record and was not known to the security services, but had a history of mental health issues. On 16 June 2023 the suspect was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.

Bus services

;Nottingham City Transport 28: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus → Beechdale → Bilborough

29: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus (Term Time Only)

30: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Jubilee Campus → Wollaton Park → Bramcote → Wollaton Vale

77: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Aspley Lane → Strelley

77C: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Aspley Lane → Strelley → Cinderhill

78: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Broxtowe → Strelley

79: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Warren Hill → Bestwood Park → Arnold

79A: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell → Rise Park → Top Valley → Bestwood Park → Arnold

79B: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall Road → Cinderhill → Bulwell / Rise Park

;Trentbarton rainbow one: Nottingham → Radford (Alfreton Road) → Nuthall → Kimberley → Eastwood → Heanor / Ripley / Alfreton

two: Nottingham → Radford (Ilkeston Road) → Wollaton → Trowell → Ilkeston → Cotmanhay

;CT4N L4: Nottingham → Radford → Ainsley Estate → Beechdale → Aspley

L14: Nottingham → Radford → Hyson Green → Bulwell

References

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19. wearebase.com, Base. "Service 30 on Pink Line".
20. wearebase.com, Base. "Service 77 on Turquoise Line".
21. wearebase.com, Base. "Service 77C on Turquoise Line".
22. wearebase.com, Base. "Service 78 on Turquoise Line".
23. wearebase.com, Base. "Service 79 on Turquoise Line".
24. wearebase.com, Base. "Service 79A on Turquoise Line".
25. wearebase.com, Base. "Service 79B on Turquoise Line".
26. wearebase.com, Base. "Rainbow one service by TrentBarton".
27. wearebase.com, Base. "Two service by TrentBarton".
28. wearebase.com, Base. "L4 service by Nottingham Community Transport".
29. wearebase.com, Base. "L14 service by Nottingham Community Transport".